Gopher Hockey Ticket Usage

Photo by: Craig CotnerThe Big Ten Hockey Tournament experienced dismal paid attendance and actual attendance this past weekend. The conference reported paid attendance as 25,933 for the five games, but anyone watching knew the actual attendance was a fraction of the reported numbers.

The University of Minnesota has never had a problem selling hockey tickets. Gopher hockey had a lengthy waiting list for season tickets for years and fans still have a strong appetite to see the Pride on Ice. Mariucci Arena’...

Gophers Hang Another Banner

Detroit, Mich. -- Seth Ambroz, Travis Boyd, Christian Isackson, Ben Marshall, Kyle Rau, and Sam Warning accomplished something that no previous Gopher class had ever done by winning a fourth consecutive regular season title last weekend. This weekend they accomplished something they had never done.

Minnesota (23-12-3 overall) defeated Michigan (22-15-0) 4-2 at Joe Louis Arena in front of 6,355 at Joe Louis Arena to secure an NCAA Tournament bid as an auto qualifier and win their class’ first tournament title and the program’s first ever Big Ten tournament title.

Gophers Beat Buckeyes 3-0 in B1G Semifinal

Wilcox Shuts Out Ohio State, Minnesota Advances to B1G Final

Detroit, MI – “Wallcox” is back.

The Gopher goaltender and 2013-2014 B1G player of the year struggled mightily thoughout this season, but Wilcox was his old self Friday afternoon, shutting out the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-19-3) and helping Minnesota advance to the B1G Conference Championship game.

The Gophers (22-12-3) earned two early powerplay chances in the first seven minutes of the game, but didn’t scare the Ohio State defense. In fact, the first Minnesota shot on goal came so...